Cyber-bullying

Cyber-bullying has become as common as bullying that done in person. My niece has experienced cyber-bullying. I didn’t really understand the concept of it, until I asked her what was going on. She stated that there were a group of girls sending her mean massages through MSN messenger. She said when she sees theses girls in public or in school they don’t say anything to her. Even though those girls were being mean to her over the net, it affected her. Her feelings were touched. I just encouraged her not to listen nor let the girls bother her. I really didn’t know what to say to help her with the cyber-bullying. I just gave her advice not to fall into cyber-bullying when she becomes the one that’s bullying.

On-line Banking

I believe that the everyone needs to know and use online banking. I had to go make a deposit at the bank for work last week, and I encountered what I thought no longer existed. There was a little old lady at the teller, updating her bank statements with the bank book. I didn’t know that bank book were still being used. The teller used up two books. I thought to myself, if this lady knew that she could access her account from her home and all her banking info from home. Then I thought maybe she is not into technology. Then I thought she could receive her statements by mail. It was just a thought...

I’ve had an experience with technology, where it was not in my favor. You know how technology can be very useful. Typing rather than writing saves time, but is not always an easy way out. I’ve just responded to the class blogg. I had to respond to it twice. The first time I wrote my comment and try to post it I experience a server error and everything I wrote was lost. Now that’s not convenient. So I had to write out my comment for the second time and post it. This is a good example why we should maintain our traditional skills.

We are not alone..

We had had to respond to a class blogg, are we alone? Well I just had an experience that we are not. I am staying in a Hotel in old Quebec. I had trouble connecting to the internet, I call to call a internet technician for the Hotel. So while speaking to the lady, I had to giver her information on what room I am staying ext. As I am giving the women the information to help me, she finds me through the connection. She was able to read my IP Address. I was like nope, we are not alone in cyber space......

Online Networking

Online networking, is a modern way to communicating. For example Facebook, it is fairly new and it's incrediable how many people use it. Facebook is not only used to chat with old friends you haven't seen in years. It's also used to advertise personal businesses, upcoming social events. Online networking is becoming more popular.

Jump Drives...

This blog is used to just discuss anything that comes to mind about technology. Well I had an experience with my jump drive the other day. Well I had tried to save something one it, in which I thought I did, and guess what, I didn't! I removed it from the computer sooner than I was suppose to. I thought technology was fast or I didn't eject it properly. It's a mistery. I wasn't impressed with technology that day. I've learned a lesson, always save it to your computer before tranfering it to your jump drive.

Technology has its disadvantages

I see technology being a disadvantage at times. Sure if you have the means to pay for the technology then it can very useful. If you do not have the funds to for it, it can work to your disadvantage. For instance, I have a nephew with a disability and he does not have the proper transportation to get to school. There is not a vehicle that accommodates my nephew for his schooling, that’s provided by the community. He has to be transported by his parents. There are vehicles that are designed to transport individuals with disabilities. It’s too costly for the community or schooling to provide the service.

New Technology

It's amazing how technology is evolving so fast. It hard to keep up with all the new things that you can do, from cell phones text messaging, high speed, computers to smart boards. I just recently heard of the pen-based peripherals, wamcom tablet and the smart airliner in class. It' pretty neat what you can do in a classroom or a business meeting. I thought the wamcom tablet was pretty cool.

I am new to blogging. I think it's a neat way to post our thoughts about what is discussed in class and share them with others.